What a topsy-turvy roundup we have this week, with our branding podcast talking about sports, and our live-your-best-life podcast talking about politics! You'll also get a double-dose of storytelling, a milestone for our video-game podcast, another episode spun out of our live show, plus movies, hockey, soccer, history, friendship, cookies and more.

On this extra episode of The Bothy Storytelling Podcast, Calum talks about hitting a creative roadblock. He tries taking a friend's advice to just talk and see what happens. You get to hear what happens.

Frank Reactions has Tema talking with Don Romano, CEO of Hyundai Canada, about the usual awful car-buying experience and how Hyundai Canada's Genesis brand takes the pain out of buying a car, bringing service to your door.

On Modern Manhood, German Villegas talks with filmmaker Michael Rowley about how a man born in Texas came to make a film about the youth involved in parkour in one of the most divided areas in the world, Palestine.

On A Branded World, Luiza Campos talks with Ryan Popowich, director of marketing and promotions for the Calgary Flames, Hitmen, Stampeders and Roughnecks, on what it takes to meet the expectations of loyal fans.

On Let's Find Out, Chris Chang-Yen Phillips returns to the Ritchie neighbourhood of Edmonton for a second set of locals’ questions and a live history walk exploring their answers. They learn about cobblers, a house's history and some odd buildings.

Kyle and Daniel of Assumptions conclude their two-part conversation on loneliness, singleness, community, and friendship. How do you find and keep friends? What does the Bible say about this, compared with what the culture says?

MORE THAN 60 MINUTES

On Blue in the Face, Chris Ursaki talks with cookbook author, food writer, columnist, and CBC personality Julie Van Rosendaal about all things cooking and her experience meeting Anthony Bourdain. You'll also hear a bit off the top about the origin story of the Alberta Podcast Network.

In true I Have Some Notes form, Gregg, Scott, Colin and guest Beverley Theresa choose the most mediocre Fast film of them all, Fate of the Furious. They tear down Vin Diesel’s big-car-go-vroom epic to the nuts and bolts and rebuild the engine with some new motivations and elevated under-used characters.

On a special episode of Highlevel Showdown,Michael, Sharon and Elliott take a look at the key political events at the midpoint of 2018, and some of the big stories that defined the first six months of this year at the provincial, federal and international level.

On a special Press Start to Join, Josh and Alan discuss the road to their 200th episode, their favourite games, and their favourite movies, and then dive into some listener questions. They've also put together a Spotify playlist of their musical picks!

This week's episode of Loyal Company of the River Valley features Part 2 of Nate and Adam's conversation with FC Edmonton general manager Jay Ball. Together they look to the future of the club in the newly minted Canadian Premier League.

On this week’s Hockey Feels, Steven and Rachel discuss Rasmus Dahlin going first overall at the NHL Draft. They also give both the Oilers and the Flyers high marks for their picks, note the beginning of courting John Tavares, and more!

On Daveberta, Dave and Ryan ask some great questions: What does the national equalization formula mean for Alberta? What should we think about the NDP's latest attack ad? And how should election candidates be using social media heading into 2019?

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Rotarians are bringing a lot of inspiring speakers to Edmonton in October for the District 5370 Conference. Among them is Susan Morrice, founder and chairwoman of Belize Natural Energy. Learn more at conference5370-2018.ca.

The next episode of the Edmonton Community Foundation's excellent podcast will come out soon. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss it, and in the meantime, peruse the back catalogue for interesting conversations with people who make a difference.

If you enjoyed Victoria Smith's recent conversation with Hannah Cree of Common Good on Girl Tries Life, you might enjoy Hannah's chat about social enterprise from the archives of ATB Financial's Thrive podcast, recorded in 2016.

Find out what's coming up

We keep an updated list of events involving our podcasters, our sponsors and other partners in the community. See what folks like Linda Hoang of Don't Call Me a Guru, Alex Zabjek of The Broadcast and Calum Lykan of The Bothy Storytelling Podcast are up to, among others.